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Friday, March 18, 2016

PARADE

gave my buddy a liftto the V.A.waited for himin the lobbyto a slow and steadymilitary parade ofwalkerswheelchairsand caneswalkers...wheelchairs...and canesin and outin and outin and outthe dooras the music speakers played"What A Wonderful World"

this is as poignant as a freed prisoner who can remember and still smell the rawed iron and hear the clanging of cage doors opening and closing. whenever i visit a VA hospice or hospital the sights you articulate and the music piped through as a psychological affect is so glaringly evident. hearing the music from the late 60's early seventies that were blasted during the vietnam war !

__Used, misused abused, then forgotten like a pencil with a broken lead. It seems the 'system' is more important than the souls that that 'system' is there to give... the honor of aid.__Mayhaps we need another government (agency) to govern all the governments by which we are governed_? One agency that cares__ beyond the rhetoric of saying__ that it cares.

Nice one, Doug. The V.A. here is a sprawling complex--building after building...parking lot after parking lot--revealing the level of bureaucracy involved. Perhaps if they had a few less bureaucrats, they might be able to direct more funds into actual patient care.

Thank you, Tim. It isn't over when it's over, is it? Pretty intense here, nice piece.There could be you or me and still might. I need to go to the VA clinic here (we've moved) for another hearing test. No ear protection 'back then' on the ranges. My ears have been ringing 55 years but now my hearing is very poor. ..

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